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Opinion > Columns
Despite SC ruling, members of Congress continue to wallow in pork
By Yen Makabenta
Sep 26, 2024 12:08 am

First word

THIS is history's mordant lesson on the unsinkable pork barrel. The wheel of fortune continues to turn. Even when it seems that the barrel has been beaten for good, at the next turn of the wheel, pork and the members of Congress get back together to stage a comeback.

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